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Thanks, Roy, those are nice amps! - but no.Originally Posted by Roy S
Would you like those EL84 amps back Jerry?
Always look forward to your updates
Onwards, ever onwards.
The Trigon monos are very fine amps and I think are with me for the long term - I suspect an interesting form of class D is more likely as an amp alternative - not sure I can be bothered with the faff of valves any more.
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With you on valve amps Jerry, certainly since I got the Luxman.
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that kind of reminded me of my little el84 integrated I've had tucked away for a while.
Just plumbed it in for the first time with the Podium speakers.
Hey, Bev was right - they synergise really well! What a great sound.
Hmm, maybe I have the Alternative Amp with me already.
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The Pass F series supposed to have a sound very similar to valves. My F3 certainly good.
The Pass SIT even uses a strange valve-like driver. (Silicon Carbide static induction transistor)
But, at a price!
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Hmm.
I've tried Pass Labs amps a couple of times and have come to the conclusion that they aren't really my thing.
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The recent Minion looking ones generally seemed much better than the older Pass Labs gear at this year's Munich, Jerry. I actually thought they were good.
Kin expensive, though.
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You mean the commercial versions rather than the 'kichen table'/hobby ones (F2/3/4.5 or SIT stuff?)
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Speakers: Oris Swing MkII
Amps: Thomas Mayer 300b/ Hiraga La Maison de L'Audiophile 20
Preamp: Silver AVC by eng. Ferenc Lazar
Phono Preamp: Shishido LCR by Solaja Audio
Decks: Garrard 301 Martin Bastin reworked/plinthed with Fidelity Research FR64fx
Garrard 401 in eng Ferenc Lazar solid wenge plinth with SME 3012/2
Cartridges: SPU Spirit/ Koetsu Black revisited by eng. Salai/ Miyajima Shilabe
Step Up Transformers: Tango MCT 999/ Ortofon T-5000/ Lumiere SUT
Digital: Shigaclone by eng. Ferenc Lazar with Lampizator Amber II
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Yes, I owned an X150 and had an Aleph 3 on home dem.
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Yay.
I think I can now regard my headphone collection as pretty much complete with the arrival of these this morning.
Stax SR3 + SRD5 electrostatics
I've been looking for a pair of classic stats for a while.
So I now have ...
Stax SR3 electrostatic
Audeze EL-8 planar magnetic
Wharfedale Isodynamic
Fostex TH600 Dynamic (conventional)
All sound great in their rather different ways.
I'm driving the Stax from an Amptastic Mini-T, which with its excellent transparency and detail makes a fine match.
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